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Kōrero: Wairarapa region

Milking sheep

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Milking sheep

Some Wairarapa farmers have diversified into sheep milk production. Janet and Miles King had a flock of 140 East Friesian ewes on their 11-hectare farm near Masterton in 2003. They produced a wide range of cheese, including feta, gouda, cheddar and havarti. Julia Harrild is attaching milking cups to one of the ewes.

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Ben Schrader, Wairarapa region – A farming economy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12088/milking-sheep (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.